Canadian Steinernematid (nematoda) isolates and their infectivity, under cold conditions, to greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) larvae

Biological Control

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-164

  Mráček, Zdeněk ^a   Bečvář, Stanislav ^a   Řezáč, Pavel ^a   Kindlmann, Pavel ^a   Webster, John M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cold temperature; entomopathogenic nematode; Steinernema spp.

Indexed keywords

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 0031080493     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0492     Document Type: Article

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